The last of Amy Hotz's 25 questions in the Wilmington Star News on Wilmington during the Civil War.
18. Name the Blockade Runner that brought yellow fever to Wilmington in 1862.
19. Wilmingtonian and blockade-runner captain John Newland Maffitt did not command which ship: a) Albemarle, b) North Carolina, c) Owl, d) Lillian, e) Florida.
20. The ironclad CSS North Carolina met its fate how: a) ran aground and broke into pieces, b) shot by Federal blockaders, c) eaten by worms, d) taken apart for iron.
21. Confederate Brigadier General John D. Barry is buried in Wilmington's Oakdale Cemetery. What Civil War blunder is he best known for?
22. How was Wilmongtonian and Confederate States Attorney General George Davis related to Confederate President Jefferson Davis?
23. The Confederate Memorial at Third and Dock streets was designed by Wilmingtonian Henry bacon who also designed the George Davis statue a block away. What Washington, DC landmark is Bacon best known for designing?
24. A Confederate spy is buried at Oakdale Cemetery. Who?
25. The Cape Fear Museum of History and Science is the oldest history museum in North Carolina. What organization originally founded the museum?
See January 26th for answers.
Again, I Think I Had Between 17 and 21 Correct. --Old B-Runner
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